im having a bit of trouble tryng to convert .avi files to either .mpeg or .vob so i can burn them onto a dvd disk and make them play on my dvd player. i have tried a number of different techniques and im not too sure about which one i should use. a) i converted the .avi files to .vob using winavi convertor, divx to dvd and TMPEG plus. they converted the file fine but i got no audio at all with them. b) my second method to get sound was to convert the .avi file to a .wmv file using winavi. i then burned the .wmv file using nero vision. this worked and i can play it on my dvd player fine with sound. my question is what method, a) or b) is better for burning dvd's? if i can get the sound to work on method a) would i get a better quality dvd? or should i just stick to method b)? i feel the advantage with method a) is that i can use DVD shrink to shrink the dvd whereas with method b) i cant. anyway any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Some conversion suites, such as Avi2Dvd use BeSweet to convert the audio. TMPGEnc does a good job with video but can have problems with audio. I'm semi-lazy so as a stopgap I often drop a video on GoldWave 4.26 and do Save As 16 bit signed stereo .wav. This I input as audio to TMPGEnc Plus. That usually gets me by problems like with VBR audio that can cause TMPGEnc to mishandle things. Usually what I'll do is put my input video through TMPGEnc Plus and output separate .m2v and .mp2 files. These I can import into DvdAuthorGui to get a DVD with reasonable quality. Also if you have input videos with low framerate you can do an intermediate step with DGPulldown to avoid audio sync problems. OTOH if the input .avi has a really clear picture and good bitrate with a framerate of 29.97 and no separate subtitle file then I might just put it through DivxToDvd and get a pretty good DVD. So the short version is, I think you can do better than .wmv without spending a lot of money. If the input video has the right characteristics you can put it through a one-click converter and get fair results. But often you have to tinker with various intermediate steps using tidbits of info from forums and guides. I don't mind spending $50 or $70 for software I think I'll use a lot but I don't like to shell out on the hope something might work. Stuff that only works sometimes I can usually download for free if I look long enough.
Try DVd Santa to convert .AVI files to DVD this has been very sucessful for me in the past and its very easy to use,
Hi there, To convert my .AVI files to DVD I use VSO DivxToDVD v1.99.17 Pre-Release. It will create chapters each 5 minutes (You set it to what you want) and now in the new v1.99.17 version, it will create a MENU entry for each file. It also supports subtitles ! Give the new version a try !
